http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog Travel ideas for those on the road in Australia Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:38:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/12/07/away-with-the-family-out-of-school-holidays-periods/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/12/07/away-with-the-family-out-of-school-holidays-periods/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:32:54 +0000 RussellM http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=843 My family and I recently went to Port Douglas to relax before the mayhem of the festive season.  Taking kids out of school for a family holiday is a hot topic at the moment.  But as our eldest child was in Prep this year we thought a week away (armed with her writing journal and a few reader books), would actually enhance her education.
Now most people think that Far North Queensland is not the place to be in late spring, but let me tell you – the weather was perfect, we had the place to ourselves and we enjoyed [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/12/07/away-with-the-family-out-of-school-holidays-periods/feed/ 0 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/09/30/port-douglas-blissful-family-break/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/09/30/port-douglas-blissful-family-break/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:42:00 +0000 chrisc http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=540 Weathermen were redundant for our week in Port Douglas. I mean, how difficult can it be to forecast blue skies and 30 degrees? Sheer and utter bliss. For that’s the only way to describe our week in September up North.
Departing a grey overcast Melbourne and with the obligatory (and brief) Sydney stop-over we arrived into Cairns to find the airport in a somewhat chaotic state with extensive renovations underway. To be fair looking at the impressive Qantas check-in area the chaos will be worth enduring.
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